Christ Church
84 Broadway New Haven, CT 06511

Join Yale Consort for a service of Choral Evensong, focused on music, readings, and quiet contemplation. Through hymns, psalms, canticles, and reflections, the centuries-old tradition of Choral Evensong invites us to come together in stillness and prayer.

Free and open to the public.

This service features music of Tallis, Leighton and Morley.

Due to the off-campus nature of Yale Consort events, they will not be livestreamed. We invite you to join us in person as you are able.

Trinity Church on the Green
230 Temple Street New Haven, CT 06511

Join Yale Consort for a service of Choral Evensong, focused on music, readings, and quiet contemplation. Through hymns, psalms, canticles, and reflections, the centuries-old tradition of Choral Evensong invites us to come together in stillness and prayer.

Free and open to the public.

This service features music of Dering, Stanford, Harris.

Due to the off-campus nature of Yale Consort events, they will not be livestreamed. We invite you to join us in person as you are able.

St. Mary's Church
5 Hillhouse Avenue New Haven, CT 06511

Join Yale Consort for a service of Vespers, focused on music, readings, and quiet contemplation.

Free and open to the public.

This service features music of Guerrero, Vivanco, Bruckner.

Due to the off-campus nature of Yale Consort events, they will not be livestreamed. We invite you to join us in person as you are able.

Yale Consort, a professional vocal ensemble conducted by Professor James O’Donnell and sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, provides high quality choral music for a series of evening services in local parishes and chapels.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Kent Tritle, conductor

Experience music like never before as Musica Sacra opens the 2025-26 season with “SurRound” at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

In this candlelit, immersive performance led by Music Director Kent Tritle, singers move in, among, and around the audience, creating a breathtaking wall of sound that envelops you from every direction.

The evening features Thomas Tallis’ Renaissance masterpiece Spem in Alium, written for 40 solo voices and performed in both its original Latin and newly edited English versions, alongside Alessandro Striggio’s equally stunning 40-voice work Ecce Beatam Lucem. The program also includes stunning works spanning the entirety of the choral canon, from Gregorian Chant all the way to contemporary voices including Arvo Pärt and Caroline Shaw.

THOMAS TALLIS  Sing and Glorify (for 40 solo voices, ed. K. Tritle)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Mass for Double Choir: Kyrie          
ARVO PÄRT  Da pacem Domine
FRANK MARTIN  Mass for Double Choir: Agnus Dei
ALESSANDRO STRIGGIO  Ecce Beatam Lucem (for 40 solo voices)
NANCY WERTSCH  Eternae Deus
VALENTIN SILVESTROV  Prayer for Ukraine
CAROLINE SHAW  and the swallow
TRADITIONAL  “I’m gonna sing ‘til the spirit” (arr. Moses Hogan)
THOMAS TALLIS  Spem in Alium (for 40 solo voices)
JEAN RITCHIE  “Now is the cool of the day”

St. Ignatius Loyola Church
980 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10028

Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola: Works by Palestrina, Parker, and Bach

We begin the season celebrating the momentous birthdays of two choral giants: Alice Parker (1925-2023) and G. P. da Palestrina (1525-1594). In addition to works by these luminaries, we offer two sublime motets by J. S. Bach, "Jesu, meine Freude" and "Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf."

Reception to follow in Wallace Hall.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Excerpts from "Missa O Magnum mysterium”
Johann Sebastian Bach | Jesu, meine Freude
Johann Sebastian Bach | Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
Alice Parker | Beauty and Blessing
Alice Parker | The Composer of the World
Alice Parker | Hark! I hear the harps eternal

Carnegie Hall Presents
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Raphaël Pichon

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

From its mysterious opening movement to its triumphant “Ode to Joy,” Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony changed the course of music and remains one of its most recognizable landmarks. Tonight, the storied Orchestra of St. Luke’s performs the masterwork with choir and soloists under conductor Raphaël Pichon, who recently led a sold-out performance in Boston’s Symphony Hall, revealing that “the Ninth can still be a source of evergreen freshness and vitality” (The Boston Musical Intelligencer). Boston Classical Review agreed: “Pichon finds fresh illumination in Beethoven’s Ninth … it thundered.” The concert also features the Carnegie Hall premiere of selections from Beethoven’s incidental music for a never-performed play: Leonore Prohaska. 

Orchestra of St. Luke's
Raphaël Pichon, Conductor
The Clarion Choir
Steven Fox, Director

Program to include:
BEETHOVEN Selections from Leonore Prohaska
SILCHER "Persischer Nachtgesang" (after Allegretto from Beethoven's Symphony No. 7)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

Friday, December 5, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
The Parish of St. Matthew
1031 Bienveneda Ave, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

Handel’s great oratorio Messiah springs to life by way of the fruitful collaboration of Charles Jennens’ carefully conceived libretto and Handel’s supreme skill as a composer  of the theatre. BCSD’s performance of Messiah, delivered by a dynamic cast in the manner of Handel’s dramatic operas, has become one of its crown jewels.

Estelí Gomez, soprano  
Jay Carter, countertenor  
Jacob Perry, Michael Jones, tenors  
Jonathan Woody, bass  

Saturday, December 6, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
7600 Faye Avenue, La Jolla, CA 92037

Handel’s great oratorio Messiah springs to life by way of the fruitful collaboration of Charles Jennens’ carefully conceived libretto and Handel’s supreme skill as a composer  of the theatre. BCSD’s performance of Messiah, delivered by a dynamic cast in the manner of Handel’s dramatic operas, has become one of its crown jewels.

Estelí Gomez, soprano  
Jay Carter, countertenor  
Jacob Perry, Michael Jones, tenors  
Jonathan Woody, bass  

Sunday, December 7, 2025, 4:00 p.m.                    
First United Methodist Church
2111 Camino del Rio S, San Diego, CA 92108

Handel’s great oratorio Messiah springs to life by way of the fruitful collaboration of Charles Jennens’ carefully conceived libretto and Handel’s supreme skill as a composer  of the theatre. BCSD’s performance of Messiah, delivered by a dynamic cast in the manner of Handel’s dramatic operas, has become one of its crown jewels.

Estelí Gomez, soprano  
Jay Carter, countertenor  
Jacob Perry, Michael Jones, tenors  
Jonathan Woody, bass  

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2025, 7:00PM
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, AKRON

Praised as “a sheer delight” (NEW YORK TIMES), Apollo’s Fire’s acclaimed Christmas program returns! Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell weaves the extraordinary works of 17th-century composer Michael Praetorius into a Vespers service. The cathedral resounds in a splendor often reminiscent of Monteverdi – with antiphonal choirs, trumpets, sackbuts, cornettos, lutes, harp, strings and recorders. Familiar highlights include “Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming” and “In Dulci Jubilo.” Children’s voices shine in this haunting and joyous celebration of the Christ child.

Rebecca Myers, Andréa Walker, Molly Netter,sopranos
Doug Dodson,countertenor
Michael Jones, Matthew Newhouse,tenors
Matthew Dexter,bass
……………………………………………..
with Apollo’s Singers
and members of Apollo’s Musettes (Treble Youth Choir)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2025, 3:00PM
Church of the Holy Family, DOWNTOWN CHICAGO

Praised as “a sheer delight” (NEW YORK TIMES), Apollo’s Fire’s acclaimed Christmas program comes to Chicago! Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell weaves the extraordinary works of 17th-century composer Michael Praetorius into a Vespers service. The cathedral resounds in a splendor often reminiscent of Monteverdi – with antiphonal choirs, trumpets, sackbuts, cornettos, lutes, harp, strings and recorders. Familiar highlights include “Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming” and “In Dulci Jubilo.” Children’s voices shine in this haunting and joyous celebration of the Christ child.

Rebecca Myers, Andréa Walker, Molly Netter,sopranos
Doug Dodson,countertenor
Michael Jones, Matthew Newhouse,tenors
Matthew Dexter,bass
……………………………………………..
with Apollo’s Singers
and members of Apollo’s Musettes (Treble Youth Choir)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2025, 7:00PM
Saints Faith, Hope, & Charity Church, WINNETKA

Praised as “a sheer delight” (NEW YORK TIMES), Apollo’s Fire’s acclaimed Christmas program comes to Chicago! Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell weaves the extraordinary works of 17th-century composer Michael Praetorius into a Vespers service. The cathedral resounds in a splendor often reminiscent of Monteverdi – with antiphonal choirs, trumpets, sackbuts, cornettos, lutes, harp, strings and recorders. Familiar highlights include “Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming” and “In Dulci Jubilo.” Children’s voices shine in this haunting and joyous celebration of the Christ child.

Rebecca Myers, Andréa Walker, Molly Netter,sopranos
Doug Dodson,countertenor
Michael Jones, Matthew Newhouse,tenors
Matthew Dexter,bass
……………………………………………..
with Apollo’s Singers
and members of Apollo’s Musettes (Treble Youth Choir)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2025, 7:00PM
Trinity Cathedral, CLEVELAND

Praised as “a sheer delight” (NEW YORK TIMES), Apollo’s Fire’s acclaimed Christmas program returns! Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell weaves the extraordinary works of 17th-century composer Michael Praetorius into a Vespers service. The cathedral resounds in a splendor often reminiscent of Monteverdi – with antiphonal choirs, trumpets, sackbuts, cornettos, lutes, harp, strings and recorders. Familiar highlights include “Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming” and “In Dulci Jubilo.” Children’s voices shine in this haunting and joyous celebration of the Christ child.

Rebecca Myers, Andréa Walker, Molly Netter,sopranos
Doug Dodson,countertenor
Michael Jones, Matthew Newhouse,tenors
Matthew Dexter,bass
……………………………………………..
with Apollo’s Singers
and members of Apollo’s Musettes (Treble Youth Choir)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2025, 7:00PM
Trinity Cathedral, CLEVELAND

Praised as “a sheer delight” (NEW YORK TIMES), Apollo’s Fire’s acclaimed Christmas program returns! Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell weaves the extraordinary works of 17th-century composer Michael Praetorius into a Vespers service. The cathedral resounds in a splendor often reminiscent of Monteverdi – with antiphonal choirs, trumpets, sackbuts, cornettos, lutes, harp, strings and recorders. Familiar highlights include “Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming” and “In Dulci Jubilo.” Children’s voices shine in this haunting and joyous celebration of the Christ child.

Rebecca Myers, Andréa Walker, Molly Netter,sopranos
Doug Dodson,countertenor
Michael Jones, Matthew Newhouse,tenors
Matthew Dexter,bass
……………………………………………..
with Apollo’s Singers
and members of Apollo’s Musettes (Treble Youth Choir)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2025, 7:00PM
First Baptist Church, SHAKER HEIGHTS

Praised as “a sheer delight” (NEW YORK TIMES), Apollo’s Fire’s acclaimed Christmas program returns! Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell weaves the extraordinary works of 17th-century composer Michael Praetorius into a Vespers service. The cathedral resounds in a splendor often reminiscent of Monteverdi – with antiphonal choirs, trumpets, sackbuts, cornettos, lutes, harp, strings and recorders. Familiar highlights include “Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming” and “In Dulci Jubilo.” Children’s voices shine in this haunting and joyous celebration of the Christ child.

Rebecca Myers, Andréa Walker, Molly Netter,sopranos
Doug Dodson,countertenor
Michael Jones, Matthew Newhouse,tenors
Matthew Dexter,bass
……………………………………………..
with Apollo’s Singers
and members of Apollo’s Musettes (Treble Youth Choir)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2025, 4:00PM
St. Raphael Catholic Church, BAY VILLAGE

Praised as “a sheer delight” (NEW YORK TIMES), Apollo’s Fire’s acclaimed Christmas program returns! Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell weaves the extraordinary works of 17th-century composer Michael Praetorius into a Vespers service. The cathedral resounds in a splendor often reminiscent of Monteverdi – with antiphonal choirs, trumpets, sackbuts, cornettos, lutes, harp, strings and recorders. Familiar highlights include “Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming” and “In Dulci Jubilo.” Children’s voices shine in this haunting and joyous celebration of the Christ child.

Rebecca Myers, Andréa Walker, Molly Netter,sopranos
Doug Dodson,countertenor
Michael Jones, Matthew Newhouse,tenors
Matthew Dexter,bass
……………………………………………..
with Apollo’s Singers
and members of Apollo’s Musettes (Treble Youth Choir)